The Barry Company recently closed the purchase of a 4,440-square-foot commercial property at 720-722 S. 5th St. in Milwaukee. Gravity Real Estate purchased the building from the James M. Kupferschmidt Living Trust.

If a bankruptcy judge agrees, Payless Shoes will close 800 stores across the United States this year. Michael Korrs, a maker of luxury handbags, will close more than 100 stores. Children's clothing store Gymboree looks poised to file for bankruptcy protection soon.

Michael Bach, project manager with R.A. Smith National in Brookfield, Wisconsin, has received the Young Engineer of the Year Award by the Milwaukee Metro Chapter of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers.

What states offer the most to Millennials looking for a new home? You probably think of New York or California, right? A new report from financial Web site MoneyRates.com found that many of the best states for Millennials in which to live are in the Midwest. And the best state of all for these young adults? MoneyRates cited North Dakota, certainly a surprising result.

The Opus Group recently completed the 60,000-square-foot corporate headquarters for Delta Defense LLC in West Bend, Wisconsin. The two-story building was built to accommodate Delta Defense’s growing operations and employee base.